Chromaticity

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chroma

The location on the chromaticity diagram of the achromatic point W, the emerald-green pigment E, a red apple R, the incandescence curve with temperatures in kelvins, and the standard CIE illuminants A, B, and C.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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chromaticity diagram

…graphically represented on a standard chromaticity diagram (see also the location of emerald green on a chromaticity diagram). Standardized by the Commission Internationale d’Éclairage (CIE) in 1931, the chromaticity diagram is based on the values x, y, and z, where x = X/(X + Y + Z), y = Y/(

properties of colour

Saturation (also known as chroma or tone) refers to relative purity. When a pure, vivid, strong shade of red is mixed with a variable amount of white, weaker or paler reds are produced, each having the same hue but a different saturation. These paler colours are called unsaturated colours.…